perimeter in the early morning hours of august 21 . ich ##iki ' s assault was repulsed with devastating losses for the attackers in what became known as the battle of the ten ##aru : all but 128 of the 91 ##7 men of the first element ( including ich ##iki himself ) were killed in the battle . the survivors returned to tai ##vu point , notified 17th army headquarters of their defeat in the battle and awaited further reinforcements and orders from ra ##bau ##l . by 23 august , ka ##wa ##guchi ' s unit had reached tr ##uk and was loaded onto slow transport ships for the rest of the trip to gu ##ada ##lc ##anal . because of the damage caused by allied
perimeter in the early morning hours of august 21. ichiki's assault was repulsed with devastating losses for the attackers in what became known as the battle of the tenaru : all but 128 of the 917 men of the first element ( including ichiki himself ) were killed in the battle. the survivors returned to taivu point, notified 17th army headquarters of their defeat in the battle and awaited further reinforcements and orders from rabaul. by 23 august, kawaguchi's unit had reached truk and was loaded onto slow transport ships for the rest of the trip to guadalcanal. because of the damage caused by allied